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THE LADIES' FLORAL CABINET. 
Publisher’s Notes. 
In tbis issue of the Floral, Cabinet will be found 
the timely announcement of the following Florists, 
Seedsmen and Nurserymen, and we bespeak for 
each of them the favorable consideration of our 
readers: 
H. S. Anderson, 
Alfred Bridgman, 
J. J. Bell, 
J A. Buel & Co., 
Paul Butz & Sons, 
Albert Benz, 
W. Atlee Burpee & Co., 
W. S. Carpenter & Son, 
J. S. Collins, 
Dingee & Conard Co , 
Henry A. Dreer, 
Ellwanger & Barry, 
Ellis Brothers, 
F. E. Fassett & Bro , 
D. M. Ferry & Co., 
N. S. Griffith, 
Peter Henderson & Co., 
R. S. Johnston, 
W. W. Johnson, 
Fred. N. Lang, 
Geo. A. Long, 
D. Landreth & Sons, 
J. T. Lovett, 
VV. H. Moon, 
Z. W. Mann, 
J. O. Manson, 
E. J. Markey, 
Hans Nielson, 
F. R. Pierson, 
Arnold Puetz, 
Page & Kelsey, 
Wm. B. Reed, 
Chas. T. Starr, 
W. C. Strong, 
W. H. Spangler, Jr., 
John Saul, 
Delos Staples, 
W. H. Smith, 
Storrs & Harrison Co., 
Hiram Sibley & Co.. 
L. Templin & Sons, 
J. C. Vaughan, 
Geo. S. Wales, 
Woolson & Co., 
F. L. Wright, 
E. W. Weld, 
Union Springs, N. Y. 
New York City. 
Windsor, N. Y. 
Springfield, Ohio. 
New Castle, Pa. 
Little Neck, N. Y. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Harrison, N. Y. 
Moorestown, N. J. 
West Grove, Pa. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Keene, N. H. 
Ashtabula, Ohio. 
Detroit, Mich. 
Independence, Mo. 
New York City. 
Stockley, Del. 
Snow Flake, Mich. 
Baraboo, Wis. 
Troupe, Texas. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Little Silver, N. J. 
Morrisville. Pa. 
Randolph, Mass. 
Harford, Pa. 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 
St. Joseph, Mo. 
Tarrytown, N. Y. 
Jacksonville, Fla. 
Des Moines, Iowa. 
Chambersburg, Pa. 
Avondale, Pa. 
Brighton, Mass. 
Mount Delight, N. H. 
Washington, D. C. 
West Sebewa, Mic j. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Painesvilie, Ohio. 
Rochester, N. Y. 
Calla, Ohio. 
Chicago, Ill. 
Rochester, N.'Y. 
Passaic, N. J. 
Plainfield, Mich. 
Jamestown, N. Y. 
NEWSPAPER WAIFS. 
A young lady who thought her personal charms 
gave her the right to be disagreeable, was present a 
few nights since at a party, during which quarrels 
between husband and wife were discussed. “I think,” 
said an unmarried elder son who was present, “ that 
the proper thing is for the husband to have it out at 
once, and thus avoid quarrel for the future. I would 
light a cigar in the carriage after the wedding break¬ 
fast, and settle the smoking question forever.” “I 
would knock the cigar out of your mouth,” inter¬ 
rupted the belle. “Do you know, I don’t think you 
would be there 1” quietly remarked the elder son.— 
Bow Bells. 
The Monarch Horse Hoe and Cultivator com¬ 
bined is the latest improvement in agricultural im¬ 
plements, designed for hoeing (with horse) Potatoes, 
Corn, Beets, Cabbage, Turnips, etc. See advertise¬ 
ment of Monarch Mfg. Co. in another column. 
A strange freak of nature for the season, is a 
lilac bush in full bloom in the yard of Ausburn 
Birdsall. Esq., on Court Street, in Birminghampton. 
— Exchange. It makes us blush to read such a lilac 
that — Richmond Phoenix. ' 
A long-waisted man, with the nose of a fox and 
an eye full of speculation, walked up to a second¬ 
hand clothier, in Buffalo, the other day, and said: 
“ See that overcoat hanging out down there?” 
“Of course.” 
“ Well, I’ve taken a fancy to it. It’s rather cheeky 
to ask you to go down there, but I’ll make it an ob¬ 
ject; I won’t give but $8 for the coat,, but I’ll give 
you $1 to buy it for me. You are also a Jew and 
know how to beat him down. Here are $9. 
The dealer took the money and started off, and in 
five minutes was back with the coat. 
“ Good!” chuckled the other. “I reckoned you’d 
lay him out! How much did you make for your 
share?” * 
“Vhell, ash dot is my branch sdore, and I only ask 
six dollar fur de goat, I was about tree dollar ahead.” 
PERMANENT RESULT IN A 
CASK OF TUBERCULOSIS. 
The following report of the case of a gentleman 
whose physicians had ordered him to leave England 
on account of Tuberculosis , and seek a climate 
more favorable for the disease from which he was 
suffering, is a very remarkable one. He made his 
way to Colorado, but found that the air of that high 
region did not suit him. Hearing of the Oxygen 
Treatment, he wrote to Drs. Starkey & Palen, of 
Philadelphia, and obtained a supply. In January, 
1833, two months after commencing its use, he re¬ 
ported the result as highly favorable. We make an 
extract from his letter: 
“ Almost from the first your Oxygen did me per¬ 
ceptible good. I slept better, appetite increased , di¬ 
gestion improved. I felt more hopeful and life 
seemed brighter. There were times, however, when 
the Oxygen did not seem to be of any service at all, 
but having been warned in your pamphlet of these 
times, I was not afraid. I persevered with your 
Treatment and have been rewarded. 
“After some six weeks’ Treatment, I began to im¬ 
prove with marvelous rapidity. I seemed to bound 
forward into new life. My color returned, I gained 
flesh and strength, my spirits rose, the effect of ten 
years' overwork disappeared, and I ivas awake- 
alive again. 
“ And these pleasant sensations are warranted by 
the physician’s recent examination. He says the 
chest is filling out, particularly under the shoulder- 
blades—a good sign. Respecting the lung, he says 
there is just one little spot that does not sound quite 
well, but the difference is so slight that it can only be 
detected by a very quick ear. The Doctor added 
that he knew of a number of cases where Oxygen had 
been a signal benefit, and he believed Starkey <£' Pa¬ 
len were doing much good. 
“ How thankful I am for this happy change in my 
condition cannot be expressed. I shall ever acknow¬ 
ledge my indebtedness to you, and do my best to 
spread the knowledge of your Treatment. It has 
given me a Merry Christmas and made me look hope¬ 
fully for a happy New Year." 
In February, two months after the above was writ¬ 
ten, came another report, in which he says: 
“ This morning I saw my doctor, and hasten to give 
you the gratifying result of his examination: 
“First, for the heart: The valvular disturbance 
has been quite removed, but there is a slight un¬ 
steadiness. Pulse, full and strong. 
“ The lung has quite cleared, with the exception 
of a small spot at the apex, which has shrunk a 
little. I said, ‘ Well. Doctor, suppose I was examined 
by a stranger, could he, excepting the shrunken 
spot, tell whether I had been ill ? ’ The answer was 
firm and unhesitating. ‘No, and he might easily 
overlook that spot. The only difference is that the 
right breast is not yet as full as the other; that 
might be detected by laying on the hands.’ ” 
This great improvement, it is gratifying to know, 
has been permanent, as will be seen by the following 
letter received from him under date of October 12tli, 
1883, a year after he began the Compound Oxygen 
Treatment: 
■ ■ It is interesting to me that a year has just elapsed 
since I began using Compound Oxygen. Ill as I was, 
the first treatment effected a cure of the lung. I 
have taken two other Treatments to make assurance 
doubly sure, and for the sake of the throat, which, 
indeed, was progressing nicely until the hot weather 
threw me down. 
“Onecjf the most noteworthy qualities is the pro¬ 
tection it affords from cold. Since before last 
Christmas I have had but one cold, and that recently, 
when I had no Oxygen to take on the first symptoms 
appearing. The sueet sleep it gives is also note¬ 
worthy. and then the improved breathing /" 
Nothing could be more satisfactory than the re¬ 
sults which have followed the use of Compound 
Oxygen in this case. 
A Treatise on Compound Oxygen is sent free of 
charge. It contains a history of the discovery, na¬ 
ture, and action of this new remedy, and a record 
of many of the remarkable results which have so 
far attended its use. Address, 
Drs. Starkey & Palen, 
1,109 & 1,111 Girard Street, 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Fogg compl ins that he got nothing by complain¬ 
ing to his la-dlord. It was like putting a new piece 
of cloth into an old garment. The rent was made 
worse. 
Some Facts About Corsets.— Those who have 
prophesied that corsets were soon to go out of style, 
are likely to wait some time before their prophesy is 
fulfilled. The present sale of corsets amounts to 
over $10,000,000 annually. The largest manufacturers 
are Warner Brothers, of New York and Chicago, 
who sold last year about two million corsets. The 
corsets manufactured by this firm are boned with 
Coraline in place of horn or whalebone, and are 
claimed to possess decided advantages in durability 
and healthfulness. Like every great success, the 
Coraline has been extensiveiy imitated by other 
manufacturers, so that ladies ho wish the genuine 
Coraline should be sure the name Warner Brothers 
is on the bottom of the box. 
A Detroit lady who is subject to heart disease, 
took tea last Sunday with a neighbor, and while sit¬ 
ting at table, her husband rushed in without a hat, 
and in his shirt sleeves. 
“Becalm !” he exclaimed hurriedly to his wife ; 
“don’t excite yourself: you know you can’t stand 
excitement, and it might be worse.” 
“ Good Heavens 1” cried his wife; “the children!—” 
“ They’re all right! Now, Mary, don't get excited. 
Keep calm and cool—it can’t be helped now; we 
must bear those visitations of Providence with phi¬ 
losophy !” 
“ Then it’s mother !” gasped his wife. 
“Your mother's safe; get on your things, but don’t 
hurry or worry. It’s too late to be of any use, but 
I’ll fly back and see what I can do. I only came to 
tell you not to get excited.” 
“ For mercy’s sake !” implored the almost fainting 
woman, “ tell me the worst!” 
“Well, if you will have it, the consequences be on 
your own head, Mary. I’ve tried to prepare you, and 
if you will know—don't excite yourself — try and 
survive—but our chimney’s on fire, and the whole 
department and all the neighbors are in our front 
yard.!” 
She survived. 
“I declare!” exclaimed Mrs. Thrifty, “if there 
isn’t that Christmas card again. It is getting a little 
soiled, but I guess it will last a few more years 
Let’s see; I got that from Uncle David in ’;9or '80, 
and, after keeping it in the house a year, I sent it to 
Mrs. Brown; then she must have sent it to Mrs. 1 
Smith, for I saw it in Mrs. Smith’s parlor for a long 
time. Then it suddenly disappeared, until it turned 
up in Mrs. Green’s bedchamber. Well, to cut a long 
story short. I’ve traced that card from house to 
house, and I don’t believe there’s a family in the vil¬ 
lage that hasn’t had it for a Christmas present. How 
natural it does look, to be sure! And it will prob¬ 
ably look just as natural to Mrs. Smith; but then, 
I’ve got to give her something, I suppose.” 
